Our Family’s Jump Rope contest

Chinese Title: 我们家的跳绳比赛
A single-paragraph essay about the results of a family jump rope competition.
Learn to Read Chinese: Beginner School Essays by Chinese StudentsHaven’t had a ton of extra time in the last few weeks – just went on a trip to Dalian, and still catching up from that.
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跳 – tiào – Jump
绳 – shéng – Rope
失误 – shī wù – Mistake
砰砰 – pēng pēng – Onomat. Sound of heart beating
弃权 – qì quán – To voluntarily not participate
今天早上我和爸爸比赛跳绳，爸爸先跳，妈妈记时数数，爸爸一分钟跳了128个，该我上场了，爸爸数数，妈妈记时，我这次没有失误，一分钟跳了145个，我的心砰砰乱跳，都快蹦出来了，妈妈弃权了，我成了全家中的第一名，，我好开心。
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This morning father and I competed in jump rope, father went first, mother kept time and count, father jumped 128 times in a minute, and when I entered the playing field, father counted and mother took notes. In this round [literally: 'this time', but sounds weird in English because there are no previous times] I made no mistakes, and in one minute I jumped 145 times, my heart pounded in my chest, as if it would bounce right out. Mother abstained from participating, so I became Number 1 in our family, I was very happy.